Bu Tinah is a tiny archipelago amid extensive coral formations and seagrass beds some 25 km south of Zirku and 35 north of Marrawah in the United Arabian Emirates. It is as undisturbed by man as anywhere in the waters of Abu Dhabi and is protected as a private nature reserve. Fishing and collection of turtle eggs is prohibited, the ban being enforced by patrols. Bu Tinah is actually a cluster of islands and shoals, joined or almost so at low water, with nowhere greater than two or three meters above sea level. The main island has a sheltered lagoon opening to the south with the low energy environment permitting stands of mature mangrove to flourish.

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